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MGR/Richard « Yamaha Pacifica 112 »
Published on 01/31/02 at 15:00I bought this guitar eight and a half years ago for 250 pounds at Westside Music Centre in Taunton because it had great looks and a good all round tone.
This solid body electric Strat copy guitar is FANTASTIC. It does everyrthing from Fender-like clean sounds through to Metal. The combination of two single coils and a humbucker work well and the neck radius is small. The rosewood fretboard is very fast and the tremelo unit although not 100% is good enough and the tuning stability is great. I used to check the tuneing once a week and found it was pretty much there. Mine also has a graphite nut which is pretty damm good.
Other Pacificas i've seen look plasticy and the rosewood fingerboards are not as dark as I think they should be. Maybe I was just lucky with mine. The pickups are reasonable and, if put through the right amp (I use a Peavey Bandit 75) can sound Hank Marvinish through to Gary Mooreish. Having said that, I waould like to change them in a while.
The Pacifica is built like a tank. It is very well made and mine has survived a couple of big knocks very well. I have looked after it very well though. It will last years if you pamper it from time to time to keep it sweet.
One great guitar but be careful that you get one with a decent finish, graphite nut, good trem and decent sounding pickups. If you find such an animal (shouldn't be too hard) then you are on to a winner. All in all a great starter guitar for under 200 smackers at the moment. It was voted Best guitar under 200 quid for a couple of years running actually. I'm going to be buried with mine thats how much I love it!
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This solid body electric Strat copy guitar is FANTASTIC. It does everyrthing from Fender-like clean sounds through to Metal. The combination of two single coils and a humbucker work well and the neck radius is small. The rosewood fretboard is very fast and the tremelo unit although not 100% is good enough and the tuning stability is great. I used to check the tuneing once a week and found it was pretty much there. Mine also has a graphite nut which is pretty damm good.
Other Pacificas i've seen look plasticy and the rosewood fingerboards are not as dark as I think they should be. Maybe I was just lucky with mine. The pickups are reasonable and, if put through the right amp (I use a Peavey Bandit 75) can sound Hank Marvinish through to Gary Mooreish. Having said that, I waould like to change them in a while.
The Pacifica is built like a tank. It is very well made and mine has survived a couple of big knocks very well. I have looked after it very well though. It will last years if you pamper it from time to time to keep it sweet.
One great guitar but be careful that you get one with a decent finish, graphite nut, good trem and decent sounding pickups. If you find such an animal (shouldn't be too hard) then you are on to a winner. All in all a great starter guitar for under 200 smackers at the moment. It was voted Best guitar under 200 quid for a couple of years running actually. I'm going to be buried with mine thats how much I love it!
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com